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World English Bible

Ephesians 5 (WEBP)

[1] Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
[2] Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
[3] But sexual immorality, and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
[4] nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate, but rather giving of thanks.
[5] Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man (who is an idolater), has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
[6] Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
[7] Therefore don’t be partakers with them.
[8] For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
[9] for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
[10] proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.
[11] Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even reprove them.
[12] For it is a shame even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret.
[13] But all things, when they are reproved, are revealed by the light, for everything that reveals is light.
[14] Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
[15] Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise,
[16] redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
[17] Therefore, don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
[18] Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
[19] speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
[20] giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father;
[21] subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
[22] Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
[23] For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.
[24] But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
[25] Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for her,
[26] that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
[27] that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.
[28] Even so husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.
[29] For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly,
[30] because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.
[31] “For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh.”
[32] This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and the assembly.
[33] Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 5:31

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ephesians 5 (KJVS)

[1] Be () ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
[2] and walk () in love, as Christ also hath loved () us, and hath given () himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
[3] But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named () among you, as becometh () saints;
[4] neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: () but rather giving of thanks.
[5] For this ye know, () () that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is () an idolater, hath () any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
[6] Let no man deceive () you with vain words: for because of these things cometh () the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
[7] Be not ye () therefore partakers with them.
[8] For ye were () sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk () as children of light:
[9] (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
[10] proving () what is () acceptable unto the Lord.
[11] And have no fellowship () with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove () them.
[12] For it is () a shame even to speak () of those things which are done () of them in secret.
[13] But all things that are reproved () are made manifest () by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest () is () light.
[14] Wherefore he saith, () Awake thou () that sleepest, () and arise () from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. ()
[15] See () then that ye walk () circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
[16] redeeming () the time, because the days are () evil.
[17] Wherefore be ye () not unwise, but understanding () what the will of the Lord is.
[18] And be not drunk () with wine, wherein is () excess; but be filled () with the Spirit;
[19] speaking () to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing () and making melody () in your heart to the Lord;
[20] giving thanks () always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
[21] submitting yourselves () one to another in the fear of God.
[22] Wives, submit yourselves () unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
[23] For the husband is () the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is () the saviour of the body.
[24] Therefore as the church is subject () unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
[25] Husbands, love () your wives, even as Christ also loved () the church, and gave () himself for it;
[26] that he might sanctify () and cleanse it () with the washing of water by the word,
[27] that he might present () it to himself a glorious church, not having () spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be () holy and without blemish.
[28] So ought () men to love () their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth () his wife loveth () himself.
[29] For no man ever yet hated () his own flesh; but nourisheth () and cherisheth () it, even as the Lord the church:
[30] for we are () members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
[31] For this cause shall a man leave () his father and mother, and shall be joined () unto his wife, and they two shall be () one flesh.
[32] This is () a great mystery: but I speak () concerning Christ and the church.
[33] Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular so love () his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence () her husband.

Ephesians 5:6 Or, unbelief
Ephesians 5:13 Or, discovered

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ephesians 5 (BYZ)

[1] Γίνεσθε () οὖν () μιμηταὶ () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () ὡς () τέκνα () ἀγαπητά· ()
[2] καὶ () περιπατεῖτε () ἐν () ἀγάπῃ, () καθὼς () καὶ () ὁ () χριστὸς () ἠγάπησεν () ἡμᾶς, () καὶ () παρέδωκεν () ἑαυτὸν () ὑπὲρ () ἡμῶν () προσφορὰν () καὶ () θυσίαν () τῷ () θεῷ () εἰς () ὀσμὴν () εὐωδίας. ()
[3] Πορνεία () δὲ () καὶ () πᾶσα () ἀκαθαρσία () ἢ () πλεονεξία () μηδὲ () ὀνομαζέσθω () ἐν () ὑμῖν, () καθὼς () πρέπει () ἁγίοις· ()
[4] καὶ () αἰσχρότης, () καὶ () μωρολογία, () ἢ () εὐτραπελία, () τὰ () οὐκ () ἀνήκοντα· () ἀλλὰ () μᾶλλον () εὐχαριστία. ()
[5] Τοῦτο () γάρ () ἐστε () γινώσκοντες, () ὅτι () πᾶς () πόρνος, () ἢ () ἀκάθαρτος, () ἢ () πλεονέκτης, () ὅς () ἐστιν () εἰδωλολάτρης, () οὐκ () ἔχει () κληρονομίαν () ἐν () τῇ () βασιλείᾳ () τοῦ () χριστοῦ () καὶ () θεοῦ. ()
[6] Μηδεὶς () ὑμᾶς () ἀπατάτω () κενοῖς () λόγοις· () διὰ () ταῦτα () γὰρ () ἔρχεται () ἡ () ὀργὴ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () υἱοὺς () τῆς () ἀπειθείας. ()
[7] Μὴ () οὖν () γίνεσθε () συμμέτοχοι () αὐτῶν· ()
[8] ἦτε () γάρ () ποτε () σκότος, () νῦν () δὲ () φῶς () ἐν () κυρίῳ· () ὡς () τέκνα () φωτὸς () περιπατεῖτε— ()
[9] ὁ () γὰρ () καρπὸς () τοῦ () πνεύματος () ἐν () πάσῃ () ἀγαθωσύνῃ () καὶ () δικαιοσύνῃ () καὶ () ἀληθείᾳ— ()
[10] δοκιμάζοντες () τί () ἐστιν () εὐάρεστον () τῷ () κυρίῳ· ()
[11] καὶ () μὴ () συγκοινωνεῖτε () τοῖς () ἔργοις () τοῖς () ἀκάρποις () τοῦ () σκότους, () μᾶλλον () δὲ () καὶ () ἐλέγχετε· ()
[12] τὰ () γὰρ () κρυφῇ () γινόμενα () ὑπ’ () αὐτῶν () αἰσχρόν () ἐστιν () καὶ () λέγειν. ()
[13] Τὰ () δὲ () πάντα () ἐλεγχόμενα () ὑπὸ () τοῦ () φωτὸς () φανεροῦται· () πᾶν () γὰρ () τὸ () φανερούμενον () φῶς () ἐστίν. ()
[14] Διὸ () λέγει, () Ἔγειρε () ὁ () καθεύδων () καὶ () ἀνάστα () ἐκ () τῶν () νεκρῶν, () καὶ () ἐπιφαύσει () σοι () ὁ () χριστός. ()
[15] Βλέπετε () οὖν () πῶς () ἀκριβῶς () περιπατεῖτε, () μὴ () ὡς () ἄσοφοι, () ἀλλ’ () ὡς () σοφοί, ()
[16] ἐξαγοραζόμενοι () τὸν () καιρόν, () ὅτι () αἱ () ἡμέραι () πονηραί () εἰσιν. ()
[17] Διὰ () τοῦτο () μὴ () γίνεσθε () ἄφρονες, () ἀλλὰ () συνιέντες () τί () τὸ () θέλημα () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[18] Καὶ () μὴ () μεθύσκεσθε () οἴνῳ, () ἐν () ᾧ () ἐστὶν () ἀσωτία, () ἀλλὰ () πληροῦσθε () ἐν () πνεύματι, ()
[19] λαλοῦντες () ἑαυτοῖς () ψαλμοῖς () καὶ () ὕμνοις () καὶ () ᾠδαῖς () πνευματικαῖς, () ᾄδοντες () καὶ () ψάλλοντες () ἐν () τῇ () καρδίᾳ () ὑμῶν () τῷ () κυρίῳ, ()
[20] εὐχαριστοῦντες () πάντοτε () ὑπὲρ () πάντων () ἐν () ὀνόματι () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἡμῶν () Ἰησοῦ () χριστοῦ () τῷ () θεῷ () καὶ () πατρί, ()
[21] ὑποτασσόμενοι () ἀλλήλοις () ἐν () φόβῳ () χριστοῦ. ()
[22] Αἱ () γυναῖκες, () τοῖς () ἰδίοις () ἀνδράσιν () ὑποτάσσεσθε, () ὡς () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()
[23] Ὅτι () ἀνήρ () ἐστιν () κεφαλὴ () τῆς () γυναικός, () ὡς () καὶ () ὁ () χριστὸς () κεφαλὴ () τῆς () ἐκκλησίας, () καὶ () αὐτός () ἐστιν () σωτὴρ () τοῦ () σώματος. ()
[24] Ἀλλ’ () ὥσπερ () ἡ () ἐκκλησία () ὑποτάσσεται () τῷ () χριστῷ, () οὕτως () καὶ () αἱ () γυναῖκες () τοῖς () ἰδίοις () ἀνδράσιν () ἐν () παντί. ()
[25] Οἱ () ἄνδρες, () ἀγαπᾶτε () τὰς () γυναῖκας () ἑαυτῶν, () καθὼς () καὶ () ὁ () χριστὸς () ἠγάπησεν () τὴν () ἐκκλησίαν, () καὶ () ἑαυτὸν () παρέδωκεν () ὑπὲρ () αὐτῆς· ()
[26] ἵνα () αὐτὴν () ἁγιάσῃ, () καθαρίσας () τῷ () λουτρῷ () τοῦ () ὕδατος () ἐν () ῥήματι, ()
[27] ἵνα () παραστήσῃ () αὐτὴν () ἑαυτῷ () ἔνδοξον () τὴν () ἐκκλησίαν, () μὴ () ἔχουσαν () σπῖλον () ἢ () ῥυτίδα () ἤ () τι () τῶν () τοιούτων, () ἀλλ’ () ἵνα () ᾖ () ἁγία () καὶ () ἄμωμος. ()
[28] Οὕτως () ὀφείλουσιν () οἱ () ἄνδρες () ἀγαπᾷν () τὰς () ἑαυτῶν () γυναῖκας () ὡς () τὰ () ἑαυτῶν () σώματα. () Ὁ () ἀγαπῶν () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () γυναῖκα, () ἑαυτὸν () ἀγαπᾷ· ()
[29] οὐδεὶς () γάρ () ποτε () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () σάρκα () ἐμίσησεν, () ἀλλ’ () ἐκτρέφει () καὶ () θάλπει () αὐτήν, () καθὼς () καὶ () ὁ () κύριος () τὴν () ἐκκλησίαν· ()
[30] ὅτι () μέλη () ἐσμὲν () τοῦ () σώματος () αὐτοῦ, () ἐκ () τῆς () σαρκὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐκ () τῶν () ὀστέων () αὐτοῦ. ()
[31] Ἀντὶ () τούτου () καταλείψει () ἄνθρωπος () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () μητέρα, () καὶ () προσκολληθήσεται () πρὸς () τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἔσονται () οἱ () δύο () εἰς () σάρκα () μίαν. ()
[32] Τὸ () μυστήριον () τοῦτο () μέγα () ἐστίν· () ἐγὼ () δὲ () λέγω () εἰς () χριστὸν () καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () ἐκκλησίαν. ()
[33] Πλὴν () καὶ () ὑμεῖς () οἱ () καθ’ () ἕνα, () ἕκαστος () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () γυναῖκα () οὕτως () ἀγαπάτω () ὡς () ἑαυτόν· () ἡ () δὲ () γυνὴ () ἵνα () φοβῆται () τὸν () ἄνδρα. ()

Ephesians 5:1 Γίνεσθε ¦ TH Γείνεσθε
Ephesians 5:2 ἡμᾶς … ἡμῶν ¦ WH ὑμᾶς … ὑμῶν
Ephesians 5:3 πᾶσα ἀκαθαρσία ¦ CT ἀκαθαρσία πᾶσα
Ephesians 5:4 τὰ οὐκ ἀνήκοντα ¦ CT ἃ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν
Ephesians 5:5a ἐστε ¦ CT PCK Ἴστε
Ephesians 5:5b γινώσκοντες ¦ TH γεινώσκοντες
Ephesians 5:5c ὃς ¦ CT ὃ
Ephesians 5:6 ἀπειθείας ¦ WH ἀπειθίας
Ephesians 5:7a γίνεσθε ¦ TH γείνεσθε
Ephesians 5:7b συμμέτοχοι ¦ TH WH συνμέτοχοι
Ephesians 5:9 πνεύματος ¦ CT φωτὸς
Ephesians 5:11 συγκοινωνεῖτε ¦ TH WH συνκοινωνεῖτε
Ephesians 5:12 γινόμενα ¦ TH γεινόμενα
Ephesians 5:14 Ἔγειρε ¦ PCK TR ἔγειραι
Ephesians 5:15 πῶς ἀκριβῶς ¦ CT ἀκριβῶς πῶς
Ephesians 5:17a γίνεσθε ¦ TH γείνεσθε
Ephesians 5:17b συνιέντες ¦ CT συνίετέ
Ephesians 5:19a ψαλμοῖς ¦ NA [ἐν] ψαλμοῖς
Ephesians 5:19b ἐν ¦ CT om.
Ephesians 5:21 χριστοῦ ¦ HF PCK RPmg TR θεοῦ
Ephesians 5:22 ὑποτάσσεσθε ¦ NA SBL WH om. ¦ TH ὑποτασσέσθωσαν
Ephesians 5:23a ἀνὴρ ¦ TR ὁ ἀνὴρ ¦ PT [ὁ] ἀνὴρ
Ephesians 5:23b καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν ¦ CT αὐτὸς
Ephesians 5:24a Ἀλλ ¦ NA27 SBL TH WH Ἀλλὰ
Ephesians 5:24b ὥσπερ ¦ CT ὡς
Ephesians 5:24c ἰδίοις ¦ CT om.
Ephesians 5:25 ἑαυτῶν ¦ CT om.
Ephesians 5:27 αὐτὴν ¦ CT αὐτὸς
Ephesians 5:28 οἱ ¦ SBL TH καὶ οἱ ¦ NA WH [καὶ] οἱ
Ephesians 5:29a ἐμίσησεν ¦ TH ἐμείσησεν
Ephesians 5:29b ἀλλ ¦ NA27 PCK SBL TH WH ἀλλὰ
Ephesians 5:29c κύριος ¦ CT χριστὸς
Ephesians 5:30a ἐκ … ὀστέων αὐτοῦ ¦ CT om.
Ephesians 5:30b Guardian Press: ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ ℵ2 D F G (K) L P Ψ 049 056 075 0142 (0150) (0151) 0278 0285 0319 1841 1862 1900 (0150: om. ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ; K 0151: τοῦ σώματος for τῶν ὀστέων) ¦ om. 𝔓46 ℵ∗ A B 048 33 2464
Ephesians 5:31a τὸν ¦ [NA WH]
Ephesians 5:31b αὐτοῦ ¦ CT om.
Ephesians 5:31c τὴν ¦ [NA WH]
Ephesians 5:31d πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα ¦ SBL τῇ γυναικὶ
Ephesians 5:32 εἰς ¦ [WH]

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.